Saint Petersburg Manege
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The Manege is a former riding hall for the Imperial Horse Guards fronting on Saint Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1804–07 to Quarenghi's austere Greek Revival design, one
As seen from the upper colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral
Giacomo Quarenghi
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Giacomo Quarenghi was an Italian architect who was the foremost and most prolific practitioner of neoclassical architecture in Imperial Russia, particularly in Saint Petersburg. He brought into vogue
1811 portrait by Giuseppe Poli
Quarenghi's Hermitage Theatre in St Petersburg, original drawing in the National Museum in Warsaw.
Caricature of Giacomo Quarenghi wearing the Order of the Knights of Malta, by his friend Aleksander Orłowski.
Quarenghi's best known vedute meticulously represent mediaeval monuments of Moscow and its environs.